I know my house better than anyone else. I also know my cats better than anyone else. Yet somehow they have outsmarted me dozens of times and hidden well enough and long enough to put me in a panic. This illustrates to me that searches are always a matter of perspective (mine and my cats’ clearly differ as I’m still uncertain where they sometimes hide), and also a matter of luck to a degree. But also, there are quirks about places and spaces that are not evident to those who haven’t already explored them. I cannot fault LE for not being able to find her yet in the large, unfamiliar spaces they have to search when I sometimes cannot even find my cat in my own house.